By Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Narrated by Jim Roberts, Ben Hurst, Cindy Hardin Killavey
This first volume of Favorite Science Fiction Stories features "the best of the best" from the Golden Age of science fiction. It includes 21 stories by, among others, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Robert Silverberg, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip K. Dick, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson , Alan Edward Nourse, Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl, Fredric Brown, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and others.
When Ray Baker meets a woman on his sojourn, he doesn't know if he wants to kill her or sleep with her. Ray doesn't understand his urge to murder. But he feels it like all the other Deathlanders. Just as he knows the girl feels it. Laying down their arsenal of weapons will leave them both vulnerable. The cost of a moment of intimacy may lead to the last moments of their lives. And what to do when the act is over, and both their minds turn back to murder.
The Knight and Knave of Swords: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser's journeys have taken them from one side of Nehwon to the other, facing life-risking peril at every turn. Now, in a set of stories that feature the adventurers on their own and together, they will face some of their most challenging obstacles. Against assassins, angry gods, and even Death himself, the duo must battle for their very lives.
Swords Against Death: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancient city of Lankhmar, searching for a little adventure and debauchery to ease their broken hearts. When a stranger challenges them to find and fight Death on the Bleak Shore, they battle demonic birds, living mountains, and evil monks on the way to their heroic fate.
Swords Against Wizardry: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
In Swords Against Wizardry, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, sent by a witch on a foolhardy journey, return to the icy reaches of the north in search of dubious treasure. There, they are seduced by the glittering attractions of an ice woman, who brings them with her to her shadowy lair.
Swords and Deviltry: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
In the ancient city of Lankhmar, two men forge a friendship in battle. The red-haired barbarian Fafhrd left the snowy reaches of Nehwon looking for a new life, while the Gray Mouser, apprentice magician, fled after finding his master dead. These bawdy brothers-in-arms cement a friendship that leads them through the wilds of Nehwon facing thieves, wizards, princesses, and the depths of their desires and fears.
Swords and Ice Magic: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
In Swords and Ice Magic, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have traveled the width and breadth of the land of Nehwon in search of adventure and fortune. Now lost at sea, their ship drawn out on the Great Equatorial Current, their journey brings them to Rime Isle, a tragic island populated by vagabonds and wanderers.
Swords in the Mist: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
In Swords in the Mist, lean times in Lankhmar force brothers-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to part ways. Only after a joust of wits and swords do the friends join together again, stealing the ship the Black Treasurer and sailing round and through The Claws. Fighting sea kings, curses and seven-eyed wizards, the pair set out on their heroic wanderings through the wilds of Nehwon.
The Swords of Lankhmar: The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
By Fritz Leiber
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman
In The Swords of Lankhmar, a plague of rats overruns the capital city and glittering gem of the land of Nehwon. Commissioned to guard a ship of grain from the cursed rodents, brother-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser soon discover the plague has progressed to a fatal point. Mustering the strength of sorcery, they descend into the depths of Lankhmar and rise to battle in order to save the soul of the ill-fated city.